Wendy SiegelmanNov 8, 2023

Ex-DOJ employee George Higginbotham sentenced to 3 months probation & to forfeit $70,000 for his part in conspiracy that ensnared Fugees rapper Pras Michél, Elliott Broidy, Malaysian financier Jho Low in largest ($4.5bil) embezzlement scheme charged in US.

Higginbotham's 2018 guilty plea & deal helped end attempt by Jho Low to shut down US investigations of his alleged theft of $4.5bill from Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund 1MDB

#1mdb #JhoLow #PrasMichel #ElliottBroidy

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/11/07/ex-doj-employee-sentenced-fugee-financial-scheme/

Ex-DOJ employee who testified against Fugees rapper sentenced

Ex-DOJ employee George Higginbotham had testified against Fugees rapper Pras Michél in a criminal case arising from one of the world’s biggest financial scandals.

The Washington Post
Show threadNonilexJul 12, 2023

…#Lieu asked #Wray about #RogerStone, #ElliottBroidy, #MichaelCohen, #PaulManafort, #RickGates, & #GeorgePapadopoulos, all of whom were found #guilty of various #crimes in federal court.

Lieu pointed out that all of the advisers were prosecuted by Trump appointees: #BillBarr, #MatthewWhitaker, & #JeffSessions. Wray, who was already leading the #FBI at the time, is also a #TrumpAppointee.

#ChrisWray #DOJ #Justice #HouseJudiciaryCommittee #WeaponizationOfGovernment #Law #PerformancePolitics

BongolianApr 5, 2023

Paul Duggan: #GOP fundraiser says he got millions to illegally lobby Rump Administration: Elliott Broidy, who was pardoned by Trump, testified in court about his failed attempts to quash a federal investigation of a Malaysian financier

#elliottbroidy #1MDB #fugees #LowTaekJho #prasmichel #malaysia
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/04/04/broidy-testify-trump-malaysia-fugees

GOP fundraiser says he got millions to illegally lobby Trump administration

Elliott Broidy, who was pardoned by Trump, testified about his failed attempts to quash a federal investigation of a Malaysian financier, during the trial of former Fugees member Prakazrel “Pras” Michél.

The Washington Post
NonilexApr 5, 2023
#ElliottBroidy, a former top #Republican fundraiser who admitted to illegally lobbying the #Trump administration on behalf of foreign nationals, and was later #pardoned by Trump, described his actions publicly Tuesday for the first time.
#FARA #GOP #Corruption
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/04/04/broidy-testify-trump-malaysia-fugees/
GOP fundraiser says he got millions to illegally lobby Trump administration

Elliott Broidy, who was pardoned by Trump, testified about his failed attempts to quash a federal investigation of a Malaysian financier, during the trial of former Fugees member Prakazrel “Pras” Michél.

The Washington Post